Coverage and Compliance

Primary Functions

The Compliance Section monitors and assists employers to ensure that employers fulfill two requirements under the Workers
Compensation Act - the requirement to secure workers compensation benefits for employees, and the requirement to file
reports of alleged work accidents. Failure to secure workers compensation benefits, and failure to report accidents, can result
in monetary penalties against the employer or its coverage provider. Failure to secure workers compensation benefits can also result in closure of the
business.

Generally, an employer in a non-agricultural business, with more than $20,000 in non-family payroll, must secure workers compensation
benefits for its employees. An employer can secure workers compensation benefits in one of three ways:

IMPORTANT
Unless self-insured, the employer must advise its insurance carrier or group-funded pool of employee’s injury.

Per K.S.A. 44-557, it is the duty of every employer to make or cause to be made a report to the director of any accident, or claimed or alleged accident, to any employee which occurs in the
course of the employee’s employment and of which the employer or the employer’s supervisor has knowledge, which report shall be made upon a form to be prepared by the director, within 28 days,
after the receipt of such knowledge, if the personal injuries which are sustained by such accidents, are sufficient wholly or partially to incapacitate the person injured from labor or service
for more than the remainder of the day, shift or turn on which such injuries were sustained.

As outlined in K.A.R. 51-9-17, all insurance carriers, group pools and self-insurers are required to use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to file First Reports of Injury (FROI) and Subsequent
Reports of Injury (SROI) using the Release 3 standards. For details contact Techs and Stats, Division of Workers Compensation at 785-296-4000 or 800-332-0353. You may access our website at
http://www.dol.ks.gov/WorkComp/edinews.aspx.